Bier or coffin stool



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Josmn N. KNOX, or` nvnnsviLLn, rumana.

BIER OR COFFIN STOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,605, dated January 8l, 1884.

Application filed July 523, 1883. (lo model.)

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description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention relates particularly to certain improvements in that class of `stools for closing up into a more convenient and compact form when not in use than when they a-re in use, and, when `surmounted on top by a suitable arrangement, may beused for other purposes than for coffin-supports, and is equally applicable to a camp-stool or other seat.

The nature of` my invention consists in the combination of the several parts hereinafter to be described, and which will be specifically set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a side elevationwhen.closed and not in use; Fig 2, a side view when being adjusted for use; Fig. 3, closed and ready for use.

The letter A indicates the vertical central shait or support of the stool, to which are attached suitable legs, D D and E E,` for holding the same in proper andsubstantial position. This vertical shaft A is made to pass vertically clearthroughthe stool, and may be made round on the lower end, and is `surmounted on top by a horizontal cross-piece, C, supported by suitable bracketarms, B B, for the purposeof giving the samerequired strength. The legs D D are firmly secured to the vertical shaftA at or near the center, and are formed with a hollow recess on the under side, as shown by the dotted lines F F, for the purpose of receiving and holding in proper position the bracketed legs E E when closed and not in use. In the center of these bracketed legs D D is made a slotted aperture or mortise at G, on the underside, for the purpose of receiving or holding the adjustable or movable legs EE inposition when brought in place for use. `These bracketed legs E E are provided with a cross-bar, H, at or near the boty tom, which baris provided in the center with a E, -is a suitable metal or coiled-wire spring, S, f

fastened at the lower end of the shaft A, as

shown in the drawings, which spring constantly presses upward against the under side of the bracketed legs E E, for the purpose of always keeping them in desired position, and for the purpose of making the stool `selfclosing when the legs E E are properly adjusted to position. This spring S may, however, by suitable arrangement, be placed on the shaft above the legs E E, and by proper attachment be made to draw or pull them into position rather than by upward pressure, as shown in the drawings.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood in connection with the above descriptiomand is as follows: Then closed, as shown in Fig. l, the operator drawing down the adjustable legs E E to the position as shown in Fig. 9 and adjusting them at Aright angles with the liked legs D D, they are quickly thrown or drawn up'onthe shaft by the springl and received in the slotted recess at G, which holds them securely in position and ready for use. y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Fatent, is-` l. The combination, in a stool-frame, of a main supporting bracket, having its legs grooved on their inner side, with an auxiliary bracket constructed and arranged substantially as set forth, whereby it may be set and held at right angles to the main bracket or placed in the same planeand received in the grooves therein, all as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, in a coffin bier or stool, of cross-bar C, legs B, shatt A, and legs D D, the latter being grooved out and notched, as

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shown atk F and G, with legs E E, having l'n testimony that I claim the foregoing as to cross-bar tH, all 1constructed and arranged to my own I affix my signature in the presence operate as and for the purposes set forth. o t two Witnesses.

3. A coffin bier or stool composed of crossl bar C, supports or legs B B, shaft A, spring J. N. KNOX.

S, adjustable legs E E, having cross-bar H, .A

said parts being constructed and arranged to XVt-nesses:

operate substantially as and for the purposes GEORGE B. BOSE, set forth. Y- A; I. MCKINNIE. 

